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COSATU

Too Much Reliance on Private Sector for Investments – COSATU

Staff Reporter Feb 20, 2020

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has reacted mainly positively to the State of the Nation Address delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa. In a carefully penned…
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National TVET and CET College Strike Called Off

Staff Reporter Mar 4, 2019

SACP Supports Cosatu Protest Action and Overall Struggle to Halt Retrenchments Across the Economy

Staff Reporter Feb 13, 2019

The South African Communist Party supports its ally, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, and pledges its solidarity with workers against retrenchments. The SACP further…
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COSATU elects first ever female president

Staff Reporter Sep 25, 2018

Zingiswa Losi was elected unopposed at COSATU’s 13th National Congress as the Labour Federation’s first female President since its formation in 1986. COSATU is now leading…
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Massive public sector strike averted

Staff Reporter Jun 12, 2018

COSATU unions in the public sector have signed the Public Service Co-coordinating Bargain Council (PSCBC) 2018/2021 wage deal following almost ten months of protracted…
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MAY DAY (Workers’ Day) 2018

Staff Reporter May 1, 2018 0

Hardly five months after its formation on 1 December 1985, COSATU took on the apartheid government in 1986 to demand that May Day be made a public holiday. On the 1st of May of the…
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